idea Automatically turn on licensed extensions when needed in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/automatically-turn-on-licensed-extensions-when/idi-p/964697 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>Here it is:<BR />Let's say I am licensed for spatial analyst.<BR />By default, this extension is turned off<BR />If I try to run a tool that requires spatial analyst I get an error message and the tool closes.<BR />&nbsp;<BR />Instead, why not…<BR />If I try to run a tool that requires spatial analyst, ArcGIS checks to see if I have a license, if turned off it either turns it on for me, or simply asks if I would like to have it turned on to complete the process.&nbsp;<BR /><BR />This would be far more user friendly.<BR />&nbsp;<BR /> <!-- content transformation source ID: 087E00000005D2W --> </BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:14:17 GMT KeithWeber 2014-06-16T15:14:17Z Automatically turn on licensed extensions when needed https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/automatically-turn-on-licensed-extensions-when/idi-p/964697 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>Here it is:<BR />Let's say I am licensed for spatial analyst.<BR />By default, this extension is turned off<BR />If I try to run a tool that requires spatial analyst I get an error message and the tool closes.<BR />&nbsp;<BR />Instead, why not…<BR />If I try to run a tool that requires spatial analyst, ArcGIS checks to see if I have a license, if turned off it either turns it on for me, or simply asks if I would like to have it turned on to complete the process.&nbsp;<BR /><BR />This would be far more user friendly.<BR />&nbsp;<BR /> <!-- content transformation source ID: 087E00000005D2W --> </BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:14:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/automatically-turn-on-licensed-extensions-when/idi-p/964697 KeithWeber 2014-06-16T15:14:17Z Re: Automatically turn on licensed extensions when needed https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/automatically-turn-on-licensed-extensions-when/idc-p/964698#M8473 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes, please!&nbsp;Either automate it or allow&nbsp;developers to turn them on and off. It's available in Python, but since add-ins are&nbsp;developed in&nbsp;.NET,&nbsp;it should be available in .NET as well. I have a use case on GeoNet:&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/thread/207690-checkout-extension-licenses-with-concurrent-use">https://community.esri.com/thread/207690-checkout-extension-licenses-with-concurrent-use</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:41:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/automatically-turn-on-licensed-extensions-when/idc-p/964698#M8473 StephenRhea2 2018-02-02T16:41:26Z